Professors Percival Darby and Roberto Samudio, from Miami Dade College, made a presentation on the program, developed to make young children more aware of what food-borne diseases are and what can be done to prevent them.

The program presents the basic principles of food safety in a learner-friendly format, and uses, among other methodologies, digital animation for more effective communication with the students.

The materials offer information on how food is contaminated and related activities and experiments. The three-hour program is designed for children between 8 and 11.

At the end of each program module, there are activities that will help students to evaluate the knowledge they have acquired and to develop a greater understanding of food health and safety.

The contents of this material have been adopted so that teachers and other personnel can improve hygiene in schools. According to Darby, one of the modules is designed to train preparers and servers how to ensure the safety and wholesomeness of food.

The program contains a number of activities which will help the teachers to reinforce the lessons taught in the classroom. It also includes a practical guide to food safety in school meal programs, for school boards.

Each year, millions of children die from diseases such as diarrhea due to improper handling of foods and contamination of water. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 70% of all cases of diarrhea can be attributed to these causes.